Door-hanger



(No Model.) 3 Sheets-Sheet 1. J. E. OWEN, J. O. GABEL, Jr. & G. F. MoKINNEY. DOOR HANGER.

No. 606,077. Patented June21, 1898.

3 SheetsSheet 2.

(No Model.)

J. E. OWEN, J. (LGABEL, Jr. & G. F. MCKINNEY.

DOOR HANGER.

Patented June 21, 1898.

WITNESSES f wumuamu u c (N0 M0 3 SheetsSheet 3 J. OWEN, J. G. GABEL, Jr. &-G. P. Mc'KINNEY.

DOOR HANGER.

Patented June 21, 1898.

via U mr A TTOHNE JAMES E. owEN, JOHN C.

TENT FFICE..

GABEL, JR, AND GEORGE F. MCKINNEY, or

ONARGA, ILLINOIS.

DOOR-HANGER.

SPECTFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 606,077, dated June 21, 1898.

' Application filed March 26, 1897. Serial No. 629,372. (No model.)

To all whom it may 0072007 12.-

Be it known that we, JAMES E. OWEN, JOHN C. GABEL, Jr., and GEORGE F. MCKINNEY, of Onarga, in the county of Iroquois and State of Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Door-Hanger, of which the followingis afull, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a door and hanger designed for freight-cars, barns, refrigerators, or other objects requiring a closely-fitting door and one capable of being moved readily to an open or to a closed position.

A furtherobject of the invention is to so construct the door and its hanger that while the door is in its closed position it may be so manipulated as to provide for ventilation.

Another object of the invention is to pro- I vide for simplicity, ease, and precision of adjustment of the door and freedom from binding in opening and closing, to afford astormproof track, to insure absolute strength to the door and freedom from displacement, and, finally, to construct the door, track, and hanging device in such manner that the door will not be affected by the sagging of the object to which it may be applied.

The invention consists in the novel construction andcombination of the several parts, as will be hereinafterfnlly set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a partial sideelevation of a freight-car, illustrating the application of the invention to a door of the same, the door being shown closed. .Fig. 2 is a View similar to Fig. 1, a portion of the track being in section and the door being shown as partially open. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the track, drawn on an enlarged scale and partially in section, showing also a portion of the door and the trolley which travels on the said track. Fig. 4 is a vertical section taken practically on the line 4 4. of Fig. Fig. 5 is a vertical section through a side of the car and the door, the door being represented as closed, the said view also showing partially in section and partially in side elevation the door-hanging attachment for the car, the view illustrating the door locked closed, said view being also on an enlarged scale. Fig. 6 is a sectional view, on an enlarged scale, of the lower portion of a side of a car, showing also a portion of the opening to be closed by the door and the lower portion of the door, the door having been withdrawn from the opening and dropped between the body of the carand the guide-rail, the locking device being shown in upper position. Fig. 7 is a view similar to Fig. 5, the door, however, being shown in its full open position and the locking device of the hanging mechanism as securing the door in such position.

The car A is provided with a track B, extending above the door-openingin the car and a predetermined distance beyond the back edge of the opening. The track 13, as shown in Fig. 4, preferably consists of a hollow steel casing having an opening 11 in its bottom and flanges 10 at the sides of the opening; but we desire it to be understood that the track may be made of any suitable material.

A trolley O is located within the track.

This trolley, as shown, consists of a center bar 13, in which axleslat are journaled, but held to turn, the axles being provided with wheels 15, which travel upon the lower inner surface of the track at each side of its bottom opening 11, as is also best shown in Fig. 4E. The door D is connected with the trolley by means of double hinges E; These hinges, as shown, consist of a lower plate-section 16, which is attached to the door, an upper platesection 17, which is attached to the center bar 13 of the trolley,and an intermediate folding section 18, having a hinge connection with both of the plate-sections, as shown in both Figs. 3 and 4.

Under such a construction it is evident that the door when moved from its opening may be dropped, so as to leave a space between the top of the door and the top portion of the opening, the top of the door being preferably given an inclined face 19, as shown in Fig. 4,

and the top wall of the door-casing a similar surface 20. When the door is raised and made to enter the door-opening, the folding sections 18 of the hinges will be at an angle to the plate-sections, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4. and in positive lines in Fig. 5, whereas when the door is pendent from the trolley and is moved from the opening it is designed to cover all the members of the hinges will be perpendicular, as shown in positive lines in Figs. a and 7.

A lift-rod 21 is secured to the center bar 13 of the trolley, as illustrated in Figs. 2, 5, and 7. This lift-rod is carried downward along the outer face of the door D and at its lower end is pivotally attached to a lever 22, which lever has movement in a guide-strap 23 and is fulerumed upon the door in a bracket 24:. The track B may be attached to the car in any suitable manner. As shown, however, brackets 25 are employed for that purpose. Below the bracket 24 a keeper 25 is located, open at the top, and adjacent to this keeper an angular bolt 26, having a slot 27in its horizontal member, is held to slide in the guide-sleeve 28, secured to the door, the bolt being adapted at its lower end to enter a keeper 20. The keeper 29 is attached to the car-body within the guide-rail 30, extending below the door-opening and parallel with the track 15, being supported by suitable brackets 31. The vertical member of the bolt is provided with a cam 26, capable of passing through the guide-sleeve. Then the door is closed and the bolt is placed in locking position, the cam strikes a wear-plate 26", the bottom of the bolt being held in the keeper 29. Therefore as the top of the bolt is in the guide-sleeve the body of the bolt will spring sutiiciently to enable the cam to act upon the car-door in a manner to force the door inward to a certain extent.

It will be understood that where the bolt passes through the guide-sleeve the sleeve will not be close to the door. A second keeper 37 is secured upon the car at the front of the guide-rail 30, occupying such position that it willreceive the bolt 26 when the door is opened a predetermined distance, as shown in Fig. 7.

At the rear or left-hand side of the bolt 26 an eye 32 is secured to the door, through which a pin 33 is shown as' passed, attached to the door by means of a chain 3i, and at each side of the bolt 26 a handle 35 is secured to the door, through the medium of which'the door may be carried along the track.

In operation, the door being closed and it being desirable to open said door, the bolt 26 is raised and its head is turned from the position shown in Fig. 2, so that the head of the bolt will engage with the keeper 25 and be withdrawn from the keeper 29. The door is then pulled outward and will drop, its lower end entering the space between the sides of the car and the guide-rail 30, carrying the lever 22 to the position shown in Fig. 2. The

door maynow be partially or entirely opened or may remain over the opening originally covered, except at the top and sides, where a sufficient space will be left to provide for ventilation. \Vhen the door is fully opened or opened to a predetermined extent, the bolt may be used to lock the door in such position by entering the bolt into the keeper 37, as shown in Fig. 7.

When the door is closed, it will engage with the stop 36, which limits its forward movement, and by pulling the lever 22 downward the door will be raised. The center sections 18 of the hinges will then be carried upward substantially to the horizontal position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4, causing the door to enter and to snugly fit into the door-opening, at which time the bolt 26 is dropped downward into its keeper 29, the slot in its head being made to receive the eye 32, while the pin 33 is passed through the eye, holding the bolt in this position; or any locking device-as, for instance, a padlock-may be employed instead of the said pin. The flange 10 and the brackets 25 a-iford an effective brace and hold the top of the door securely when closed.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination, with the body of a car,

of the slot to the other, and a carriage held to travel in the said track, consisting of a bod ybar which extends within the slotted portion of the track, and wheels at each side of the carriage, traveling in the bottom portion of the track, of a drop-door, hinges connecting the said drop-door with the carriage, each hinge consisting of three members having a knuckle connection, the lower member of each hinge being secured to the upper portion of the door, and the upper member of each hinge being attached to the carriage, and a lift-lever fulcrumed upon the door, a rod connecting the lever with the carriage, a bolt held to slide and rock upon the door, said bolt being provided with a lateral cam projection adapted to engage the door when the bolt is rotated, a keeper for the bolt independent of the door, and a locking device for the said bolt, substantially as' shown and described.

JAMES E. OXVEN. JOHN C. GABEI), JR. GEORGE F. lllCKlNNEY.

\Vitnesscs:

SAMUEL O. CLARK, llAnnv T. SKEELS. 

